Learning theoryA theory of art is intended to contrast with a definition of art. Traditionally, definitions are composed of necessary and sufficient conditions and a single counterexample... describes how students receive, processA series of actions, changes or operations performed in the making or creating of a product or outcomes. The procedures that one goes through in..., and retain knowledgeFacts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. during learning.
Cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how understanding, or a worldview, is acquired or changed and knowledge and skillsTechniques and attributes acquired through learning, engagement and practice retained.
There are five primary educational learning theories: behaviourism, cognitive, constructivism, humanism, and connectivism.